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The Ventra app allows customers to perform the same functions for the CTA as the desktop version including managing Ventra accounts, reloading cards and buying passes. It also has a transit tracker. The difference is the app allows customers to buy Metra tickets including single ride, ten-ride, weekend and monthly passes. [ 21 ]
Chicago Card: Chicago Transit Authority, Pace: 2002 (now defunct) Ventra: Chicago Transit Authority, Pace: 2013 Columbia, SC: COMET Card Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority: Columbus, OH: COTA Smartcard Central Ohio Transit Authority: 2021 (October) Connecticut: Go CT Card: Connecticut Transit: 2018 Dallas, TX: GoPass Tap: Dallas Area ...
The CTA no longer sells Transit Cards. All remaining Transit Cards must have been used by July 1, 2014. [9] In its place CTA has adopted the Ventra Card system. The Ventra Card can be purchased online, Ventra Vending Machines at CTA rail stations, and at authorized retailers like Walgreens, CVS Pharmacies, and check cashing locations.
The blue-and-gold Chicago Card Plus was an account-based card. Users linked the card to either a credit card, debit card, or employer-provided transit benefit program. The cards could be set up as monthly passes or on a pay-per-use basis. The account reloaded from the linked source either when the monthly pass expired or when a user-defined ...
The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) is the financial and oversight body for the three transit agencies in northeastern Illinois; the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra, and Pace, which are called Service Boards in the RTA Act. [1] RTA serves Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties.
Many of Pace's route terminals are located at CTA rail stations and bus terminals and Metra stations. The CTA and Pace have shared a payment system since 2014 called Ventra. Ventra accounts are required to obtain transfers. [6] In 2015, Metra was added to the Ventra app. [7] Pace buses generally have longer routes than CTA buses.
Monthly passes can be purchased from ticket vending machines, or from the Ventra app. Starting in July 2022, PlusBus and Link-Up have been combined to form the new Regional Connect Pass. The Regional Connect Pass is available for $30 to monthly pass holders and allows for unlimited travel on CTA buses and the 'L', as well as Pace buses.
There is no ticket agent at Jefferson Park, so tickets must be purchased on board the train or with the Ventra app. Jefferson Park has a park and ride lot operated by Imperial Parking. The Blue Line station is located in the median of the Kennedy Expressway, and like all other stations on this segment, has two tracks and one island platform.